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Following revelations about his private life, former Co-op bank chairman Paul Flowers has stepped down from his role on the board of trustees at Terrence Higgins Trust.

On Monday afternoon, a spokesperson for the sexual health and HIV charity said: “I confirm that Rev Paul Flowers has stepped down from his role as trustee, a position he has held for just under two years. We can not make any further comment at this time.”

Mr Flowers joined the charity’s board of trustees in 2011. Trustees are unpaid members of the charity, and do not claim a salary.

Geoff Reid, a Lib Dem councillor in Bradford and retired Methodist minister who has known Mr Flowers for 30 years, told BBC Radio 5 live: “He [Mr Flowers] can be very generous, very gifted as a speaker either in the pulpit or the council chamber, and at the same time he can be subject to incredible lack of judgement.

“I don’t think the Co-operative Bank got the political nous they thought they were paying for.”

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